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The Kremlin completed preparations to isolate the Russian segment of the internet from the rest of the World Wide Web, experts told VOA Russian. The Kremlin may implement severe internet restrictions in 2025, mirroring Iran's experience of blocking undesirable web traffic. Experts note that YouTube speeds in Russia are 20% of the pre-war speeds, meaning that YouTube is essentially blocked in Russia. Click here for the full story in Russian.

Both Russia and Ukraine expanded the use of drones in 2024 as a relatively cheap means of warfare that requires an opponent to use a much more expensive air defense system. Moscow and Kyiv acquired 1.5 million drones between them in the past year, with Ukraine hitting thousands of targets inside Russia in recent months. Click here for the full story in Russian.  

An estimated 5% of global maritime traffic passes through Panama Canal

628-nautical-mile race will proceed as fleet continues its passage to Constitution Dock in Hobart, Australia

The crash killed 38 people and injured all 29 survivors

Thousands of workers are facing an unsettling reality heading into 2025. After years of working from the comfort of home, they're being told it’s time to return to the office full-time for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. We talk with Evan Starr a professor of management & organization at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

Analysts, however, say Beijing’s military aggression will make it difficult for China and Japan to fundamentally reset their relationship

Five ex-USSR countries maintain military alliances with Russia. Moscow also is engaged in transactional military partnerships with China, Iran, India, and North Korea. By comparison, NATO has 32 members.

Different factions met this week, joined by officials from the U.S.-led coalition against IS

Analysts say strong congressional support and the track record of some of Trump’s foreign policy picks are likely to prevent any major changes in U.S.-Taiwan relations

The military has denied targeting civilians during the operation, saying it was based on thorough intelligence

As the lead vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and founder of rock band BUSH, Gavin Rossdale has sold over 24 million records in the U.S. and Canada alone, and won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement in Songwriting following a string of 26 consecutive Top 40 hit singles on the Modern, Mainstream, and Active Rock charts. Seven of these songs shot to No. 1: “Comedown,” “Glycerine,” “Machinehead,” “Swallowed,” “The Chemicals Between Us,” “The Sound of Winter” and...

A journalist who worked with VOA’s Creole Service was among those killed

A look at the best news photos from around the world.

Militant group blames US for the death in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region

Singh became one of India's longest-serving prime ministers and earned a reputation as a man of great personal integrity

Nephew of 72-year-old imprisoned leader Imran Khan and two former army officers reportedly among those convicted

The strikes followed days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel